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Sunday, March 25, 2007

Wednesday Stamper - Flying Eye!

I found the Wednesday Stamper Site through Gillian's fantastic blog. They set a fun weekly challenge - The theme can be interpreted in any way but it must include a form of stamping - be it rubber, foam, clear etc. Now.... if you have read any of my previous posts about stamping, it just does not agree with me, or I don't agree with it lol. I really wanted to give this a go though - this week's theme is 'The eyes have it!' and... also made my first ATC at the same time!!! I caught a little bit of crafting on QVC this week whilst Jared was napping and was reliably informed by Dawn Bibby that the next big craft thing is gonna be 'Punk' So I made this...

It does have straight lines IRL :)I made the background using Word and WC Rhesus A Bta font, Stamped over the top of this with Black Ink (although it came out kinda grey!) using a clear Fiskars stamp. The eye is free clip art and I added wings using el&font gohtic! font, printed them using a high ink setting and sprinkled embossing powder as soon as they came out the printer, set using a heat gun. The same font was used for the 'flying eye' writing, added some white handmade paper and scraps of tartan paper. Hand stitching and inked edges, Added a safety pin and eyelet and then suddenly thought that maybe ATC's are supposed to be flat so in an inspired moment, flattened the ATC with my Sizzix machine and converter....

So there it is, my first ATC and Wednesday Stamper Challenge. Not being sure what to do with it now, I am offering it as a little bit of blog candy - My first too :) I have also cut out some big scalloped squares and circles and some cuttle bug chipboard to go with it... If you would like it, leave a comment, telling me whether or not you think that Punk is gonna be big - or what other trends we are gonna see in the near future :) Leave a comment by the end of Tuesday and I will get one of the little ones to pull a name out of the proverbial hat on Wednesday...

25 comments:

Oh what a great first attempt Jo! I love looking at other crafters ATC's but haven't had a go at one yet.I think we can safely say that now that you have done 'Punk' it's bound to be the next big thing!!

Okay Jo.. I have been admiring your work for such a long time now... I going to finally out myself. Your creations are just complete incredible EYE CANDY! I am loving your blog. I am looking down your list of friends and I see we have a lot of the same people in common. So may I add you to my links?

Hi Jo,I looove the card! I have 2 boys aged 10 and 13 and this would pass as a "cool" card!! "Emo" or "Goth" will hopefully be the next big thing as that would solve a lot of teenage card problems for me!

Not sure if punk will be "in", but I love your take on the punk look. I hope it will be as the look is great for teenage cards, "goth" "punk" and "grunge" looks are winners. Brilliant ATC, I have yet to do one myself.

About Me

I live with Jason, 2 little J's and a really tiny J. Love all things paper crafty.... I contribute monthly to Papercraft Inspirations, Practical Publishing's range of magazines and Docraft's Creativity. I have also been published in US magazines; Papercrafts and Scrapbook Trends.